Bottle-stopper.



T. W. V. WEBB. BOT'ILE SINPER. Mme/mom men AUGJO. ma.

Patented Man. 4,1919.

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' THOMAS WM. VIC-TOR WEBB, OF MAGLEOD, ALBERTA, CANADA.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

Application filed August 10, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. V. WEBB, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Macleod, in the Province of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle- Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a bottle stopper, and one object is to provide means whereby the stopper may be readily removed without injury to the body portion thereof so that the article formed of cork or rubber or other material may be used indefinitely.

A further object is to provide a stopper comprising a body portion havinga central vertical bore and a device having a head thereon and extending through the bore, the head engaging the lower end of the stopper and a handle member being connected with the upper end of the device passing through the bore.

A still further object is to provide means whereby the handle may be secured at a point below the upper end of the stopper, permitting the handle portion of wire or the like to be placed in the recessed or countersunk portion so that the wire handle member or loop will be out of the way and wi not be unintentionally engaged by any object tending to loosen the cork or stopper.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the inventlon consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figures 1 and 2 are views in vertical section.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a modified form.

the lower end as shown at 13, the flared ortion being engaged by the tapered sha of the stem 14. A somewhat broad flat head 16 is carried by the lower end of the stem and serves to engage the lower portion of the cork without there being any danger of the stem being pulled through the cork in extracting the latter.

The upper portion of the stem is threaded Specification of Letters Patent.

- 32 is secured,

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Serial No. 249,364.

as shown at 18 and is engaged by an internal threaded cap or nut 14', which may be countersunk in a recess provided in the upper portion of the stopper. This recess is designated 20, and a Washer 21 is dished centrally, the walls 22-engagin the walls of the recess abOVe mentioned. he washer 21 is provided with a central aperture through which the stem 14 passes, in order that the threaded end of the stem may be engaged by the cap or nut 14'. The cap is provided with an aperture 24 through which a wire loop 25 passes, providing a handle member. The wire or other material forming the loop may be placed within the depressed portion of the cap or washer when it is desired to have the loop or handle portion out of the way, so that it will not readily be engaged accidentally by any object likely to loosen the stopper.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 I make use of a disk member 30 provided with an apertured upstandingl member 31 to which a wire is wire passing upwardly through the body portion of the stopper and including two strands which separate and pass through opposite sides of a thin metal washer 33 The wire then extends upwardly to form a loop or handle portion 34. It will be observed that each form of the device is simple in construction and that means are not only provided for removing the stopper, but that the stopper itself is preserved in good condition indefinitely, no

35 carries'a dished by the threaded stem 39 having a head 40 on the lower end thereof.

In- Fig. 5 the dished washer 41 is provided with a channel 42 around its outer edge in which channel split ring 38 may rest w on not in use.

Ring 38, above edge of washer 36, in the Figfi, when not in use.

. at is claimed is:

the class described, a central bore flared referred to, rests below the manner shown in 1. In a device of body portion having a toward its lower end, a stem located in said bore and having a shank conforming with the flared portion of the bore and including a head engaging the end of the body portion, the upper portion of the body being recessed centrally, the recess communicating with the bore, a washer having a dished central portion projecting into the recess, the outer edges of the washer engaging the top of the body portion, the stem projecting through the dished portion of the washer, a flexib e handle member which may be received within the dished portion and a nut having a transverse aperture and a threaded bore, the bore engaging the end of the stem and the transverse aperture providing for securing the handle to the nut and the stem at a point below the edge portion of the washer, preventing accidental engagement of the handle when Within the dished portion. v

2. In a device of the class described, a body portion having a central bore, a stem located within the bore and having a head on one end thereof engaging one end of the body portion, said body portion having a recess at the upper end in communication with the bore, a washer having a dished central portion projecting into the recess and being provided with an annular groove portion on its outer edge, a handle member detachaibly connected with the stem and proportioned to be received within the groove portion when detached.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

THOMAS WM. VICTOR WEBB. 

